In A Mad World Only

The Role Of The Artist Is To Not Look Away.

The Japanese See Self-assertion As Immoral And Self- Sacrifice As The Sensible Course To Take In Life.

The Root Of Any Film Project For Me Is This Inner Need To Express Something. What Nurtures This Root And Makes It Grow Into A Tree Is The Script. What Makes The Tree Bear Flowers And Fruit Is The Directing.

I Have No Idea Who The Characters Are, Later, Their Personalities Take Over Anything I Might Want To Do. I End Up Writing Not From My Own Will, But From Theirs-they Come Alive As I Write And Make Me Do Things That I Couldn't Have Planned.

For Me, Filmmaking Combines Everything. That's The Reason I've Made Cinema My Life's Work. In Films, Painting And Literature, Theatre And Music Come Together. But A Film Is Still A Film.